Shameless Self Expression

On Halloween a few years ago, young Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) babysits a young child and it turns tragic when Corey is locked in a room and the kid subsequently takes a terminal fall. Corey is later found with a bloody knife. The entire town of Haddonfield seems to think he’s guilty but a court acquits him. Cut to the present day and Corey has stuck up a relationship with Allyson (Andi Matichak) the granddaughter of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). Allyson isn’t aware of the fact that Corey’s recently become acquainted with Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) who spares the young man’s life. Will Patton and Kyle Richards briefly reprise their roles as Frank and Lindsey, respectively.   I should’ve expected this. It’s the third in the modern “Halloween” franchise, so of course this was going to be the “ Season of the Witch” entry (even though technically the original “Halloween” is connected so this is technically the fourth film…but I’d rather not think about that...

  Devon Sawa plays a tattooist suspected of a series of killings of hookers, including a sex worker Sawa happened to have met in a bar before her demise. A cigarette lighter with his business name inscribed on it is also found at the scene of that crime. There’s also the matter of Sawa being an ex-con who served time for accidental manslaughter. Seeing that he’s in deep shit, Sawa sets about investigating things himself to find out the real culprit. Bruce Willis and an aggressive Luke Wilson are the investigating detectives on the case, Sufe Bradshaw plays a singer named ‘Eleanor Rigby’, an associate of the deceased hooker Sawa met. Kenny Wormald turns up as an actor associate of Sawa’s, who owes Sawa a favour.   In spite of a few issues, this 2022 film from director Edward Drake isn’t bad, and for a latter-day Bruce Willis film ‘isn’t bad’ is actually pretty good comparatively. Make no mistake, it’s not a good film, but it’s competent and watchable and after a slew of ...